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248 been analysed carefully by competent chemists to test their purity, they are slowly boiled and stirred for a given length of time. The liquid is then forced, by a rotation pump,

is always a large demand for it. The factory is owned by a local private company, of which Mr. Yip Yung Soon is the manager. LEITNQ Hin CHO (Managing Partner). THE MAN LOONG GINGER FACTORY. into collapsible iron forms. Here it is allowed to cool, and, when the sides of the forms are taken away, the solid blocks of soap remain. In the manufacture of some soap great care has to be taken to ensure that it does not cool too quickly. When the solid block of soap, weighing about two tons, is obtained from its iron form it is cut, by wire, into convenient sizes, and then by a simple little machine is converted into whatever shape may be desired. A Chinese coolie, with a hand machine, stamps the tablet with the required design, and the soap is then ready for the market. Mr. Siebler is the manager of the factory. He and his assistant have excellent quarters over the factory itself, and by their ability and their application to business have deservedly won the full confidence of the proprietor. THE CHOY FONO OINOER FACTORY. The Choy Fong Ginger Factory, situated at No. 8, Sai On Lane, West Point, has been established in the Colony for about fifty years and is well known in China and abroad for the excellence of its products. The whole of the ginger is obtained from the Canton district, and is preserved in the local factory, which is equipped with the most approved appliances and a boiling pan of a specially improved pattern. The finished article is packed in several styles for the European market, and. as dry ginger and syrup ginger, is exported largely to America. Europe, and Australia. The output of the factory during the season is about 30,000 piculs of ginger, a great deal of which goes to the Chinese retail shops in San Francisco, where there THE MAN LOONG GINGER FACTORY. A co.NsiDEKAULE amount of ginger is exported from the Colony, and consequently competi- tion is so strong that a firm wishing to hold a high place in Ihe market finds it nccess.nry to exercise extreme care that its productions are of the highest quality. P'or this reason, the Man Loong Ginger Factory has only to refer to the volume of its trade to prove the excellence of its manufactures. The firm has been established in the Colony for forty years and exports to England, America, Germany, and Australia, preserved ginger and all kinds of Chinese fruits, such as pears, plums, cum- quats, and chowchow. The ginger comes from Canton, is peeled and boiled there, and preserved and packed at the factory. No. 60, Temple Street. Yaumati. Three grades only are dealt with — the finest choice selected stem ginger, young stem ginger, and cargo ginger and these are packed in pure syrup and in first grade Java cane sugar. During the season, from August to the end of the year, upwards of three hundred men and women are employed. The Company also manufactures sugar-candy, which is sent largely to Bombay and to tlie northern ports of China. The firm sends a great deal of its products to India under the name of Sam Shing, and despatches best tliick soy to London. The managing partner of the firm is Mr. Leung Hiu Cho, who has been engaged in business in the Colony for a number of years. The offices of the Company are situated at No. 13, Des Voeux Koad West. THE HING LOONG GINGER FACTORY. Thkuk are many ginger factories in the Colony, and one of the largest and best known is the Hing Loong factory, occupying Nos. 322 to 324, Des Voeux Koad West. The ginger requn-ed by the factory comes from the Canton district, and the care exer- cised in the selection of the raw product has given the firm an excellent reputation in the markets of Europe, America, and Australia. For the export trade only the finest qualities of stem ginger are used. When cured the product is put up in heavy stone jars, and carefully packed. The business is managed by Mr. Wong Chi Chau, the managing part- ner, who started the Company four years ago. Mr. Wong Chi Chau is a well-known man In the Colony. He has for some eight THE IMPERIAL BREWERY.